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Spain battles northwest wildfires

Spanish firefighters on Saturday struggled to contain wildfires that have ravaged large tracts in the northwest, as a third summer heat wave grips the country.Firefight

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Firefighters start to control California wildfire near Yosemite

Firefighters on Monday finally started to control California's largest wildfire so far this year, halting its eastward expansion toward nearby Yosemite National Park wh

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Heatwave in Europe underscores need for effective action to combat climate change: WHO

As the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) reels from the effects of a prolonged heatwave responsible for a series of ferocious wildfires and escalat

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Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded

Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day tha

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Reporter's Notebook: CGTN reporters remember their top stories in 2021

In 2021, CGTN reporters across the globe covered some of the most important stories of the year. We asked our U.S. correspondents in Washington D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York to sh

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U.S. state of Colorado declares emergency over wildfires

Structures are seen burning as a wind-driven wildfire forced evacuation of Superior in the suburb of Boulder, Colorado, U.S., December 30, 2021. /Reuters Governor Jared Polis of the U.S. State

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Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19 inspections: audit

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, Canadian government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack

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Heavy rain and flooding in Spain leaves thousands without electricity

01:00 Intense rain caused flooding in eastern Spain, forcing dozens of people to be rescued by emergency workers from their homes, cars and campgrounds on Wednesday.High temperatures an

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Shell plans to double electric car charging points in the UK by 2050

The Shell logo reflected in the side mirror of a car in London in January 2015. /Reuters/ Toby Melville Royal Dutch Shell will install 50,000 new electric car charging points in the UK by 2050

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Lake Tahoe wildfires force thousands to evacuate

02:19 Wildfires continue to cause devastation across the U.S. state of California.And now one of the blazes is forcing massevacuations in LakeTahoe– one of California’smost populardesti

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Flipboard rolls out newsfeed personalization tools to save you from doomscrolling

Facebook is preparing to adjust its News Feed to de-emphasize political posts and current events, but news reader Flipboard is instead rolling out an update that puts users in control of their own fee

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Hawaii’s Big Island fighting the largest wildfire it's ever seen

02:19 Like many parts of western United States, the Hawaiian islands in the Pacific have also been struggling with wildfires for almost a month, with the Big Island fighting the largest

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BreezoMeter, which powers air quality in Apple’s Weather app, launches Wildfire Tracker

BreezoMeter has been on a mission to make environmental health hazards accessible to as many people as possible. Through its air quality index (AQI) calculations, the Israel-based company can now iden

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Napa Valley wine growers work to protect livelihoods

03:04 As major wildfires rage across Northern California, one region is taking extra precautions to protect the livelihoods of the people who live there.Napa Valley is the most valuable

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Saving California's Grapes

02:52 A year after the devastating effects of Napa Valley’s Glass Fire, the damage is still highly visible. Wine growers in the region are taking actions to protect themselves against d

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Chinese president sends condolences over Algeria wildfires

Chinese President Xi Jinpingon Tuesday sent a message of condolence to his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebbouneover the deadly wildfires that erupted in the countr

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The summer’s extreme weather is just a preview of the climate crisis

Floods, wildfires and heatwaves. That’s just a taste of some of the natural disasters the northern hemisphere experienced this summer, and experts say it’s all fueled by climate change.Nearly 200